Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Lander | county |
Nevada | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Galena Canyon | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Winnemucca | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Winnemucca | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Reese | hydrologic unit |
Humboldt | hydrologic accounting unit |
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt | hydrologic subregion |
Great Basin | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Dutch Flat Terrane - Feldspathic sandstone, shale, and turbiditic limestone | NV | Upper Devonian |
Siliciclastic Overlap Assemblage - Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and limestone | NV | Permian to Middle Pennsylvanian |
Older alluvium and alluvial fan deposits | NV | Pleistocene and Pliocene |
Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks | NV | Miocene to Eocene |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
North-central Nevada I | M-Dz | North-central Nevada I 6091 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of NV |
Winnemucca | M/R-D | Winnemucca 4747 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of NV |
Antler Peak '47 | M-Dz | Antler Peak '47 1086 line km with spacing 0.40 km over parts of NV |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
GB19 | Massive sulfide, Cyprus | Paleozoic |
GB33 | Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb | Paleozoic |
GB08 | Porphyry Cu | Cretaceous |
GB10 | Porphyry Cu | Jurassic |
GB20 | Massive sulfide, Besshi | Paleozoic |
GB23 | Epithermal vein, Comstock | Tertiary |
GB28 | Hot-spring Au-Ag | Tertiary |
GB30 | Sediment-hosted Au | Phanerozoic |
GB05 | Skarn Au, truncated | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB15 | Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB02 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB09 | Porphyry Cu | Tertiary |
GB18 | Distal disseminated Ag-Au | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB26 | Epithermal vein, quartz-alunite | Tertiary |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Mojave | Lateral-extensional orogen | Central and Southwest |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Copper Basin | 17 | Nevada, United States |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Copper Basin Open Pit Mine Area | Past Producer | CU AU MO AG PB ZN |
Empire - Northern Lights Deposit | Producer | AU AG CU |
Contention Mine | Past Producer | CU AU AG |
Uncle Tom Claim | Past Producer | CU AU AG |
Widow Mine | Past Producer | CU AU AG |
Chase Mine | Past Producer | CU AU |
Henrietta Mine | Past Producer | CU AU AG FE |
Northern Lights Deposit | Producer | AU AG CU |
Raven Adit | Occurrence | CU GEM |
Sweet Marie Mine | Past Producer | CU AU AG PB |
Empire Mine | Past Producer | CU |
Henrietta Mine | Past Producer | CU AU AG |
Unnamed Prospect | Prospect | CU |
Empire Mine | Past Producer | CU |
Northern Light | Past Producer | CU |
Contention | Past Producer | CU |
Uncle Tom Mine | Past Producer | CU AU AG |
Chase Mine | Past Producer | CU AU PB AG ZN |
Sweet Marie | Past Producer | CU |
Widow | Past Producer | CU AU AG |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Cascade Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. part of a continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates beneath western North America |
Great Basin Tertiary | porphyry copper | Mid-Tertiary volcanic fields associated with postsubduction extension in the Great Basin |
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |